The culture of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of “Little
Prince,” is la belle France. It is certainly not strange that such a profound
book like “Little Price” had been delivered to us by a citizen of such a
wonderful country.
How can anybody visit France
without admiring its museums, its food, its monuments, its people..? How can
anybody decipher the mysteries of Paris, the city of love? Perhaps, out of all
the famous places that we all know in France, the one that reflects the most
what this culture may represent to the world is the Louvre Museum. How many outstanding personalities or
masterpieces do these two simple words make us remember? Renaissance, Da Vinci,
Michel Angelo, Mona Lisa… However, I will not talk about any of the masterpieces
that generation after generation have said hello to millions of visitors.
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The masterpiece at Louvre that
encloses the soul of the culture is outside of the building: The Louvre
pyramid. Admired by many, criticized by a few, the glass pyramid makes us
believe that we can overcome the barriers of time. The building that encloses
the most famous masterpieces of the history of arts was built in a classical
style. Right next to it, the pyramid seems to give the touch of modernity to
the classical building. The city proclaims its power to bring together past and
present. If you happen to walk in front of the pyramid, stop for a second and
listen carefully to the sound of the wind. Try to understand its melody, it may
whisper a secret, “we are the house of the past, present, and future. The
building represents the past, the pyramid represents the present, and the
future is in your hands.”
